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Thank you.

you

You don't have to wait much longer.

I'm not saying that you shouldn't go after police intelligence. I'm just

I don't think you have enough evidence to turn your story into a major expose.

lot of people could have had their constitutional rights violated. The

have no business spying on any political group or individual.

Intelligence gathering is vital to the safety of the people of this city.

Thanks to your articles, the entire division's practically paralyzed.

Give me a break, Hooker, huh?

I'm just a girl trying to get her job done.

You're not just trying, you're getting it done.

I wish my dad was around to hear you say that.

He worked two jobs putting me through college.

And then he died right after my first assignment.

And the last night he said that...

He'd do it all over again that it was worth it.

That's why I pushed so hard.

I have to be sure it was worth it.

It was worth it.

And what you're doing is important.

And your father will always be a part of it.

Come and admire it, Miss Jericho.

Do you remember what happened to the last gentleman who sent me champagne?

He took a bath in Dom Perignon, vintage 64, I believe.

And the restaurant made the second front page.

Enjoy the food and the wine.

Thank you.

Gotta

be

Franco. Over there by the window.

You're a regular, Sherlock Holmes. I didn't see the creep coming in, did you?

Get this.

Thanks for whitewashing me in your lone shark story. If it weren't for you, I'd

be dining in the state prison commissary tonight.

He's right.

Let's do it.

I'm returning your champagne, Mr. Cole.

What are you talking about?

Read my lips. I don't accept champagne from a lowlife like you. I didn't send

you any champagne.

Lisa!

Check call.

Get an ambulance.

Yes, I'd feel better if I got the shooter. How is he?

I think he's dead.

Lansing. Como.

Somebody shot him from outside.

This is a homicide, Sergeant Lansing. Your intelligence.

So?

Just wondering what you're doing here.

Maybe I should ask what you're doing here, Miss Jericho.

She was having dinner with me. Yeah?

Maybe you ought to check your loyalties, Hooker.

It's a sin of crime, so I'll overlook your smart mouth.

What are you doing here?

Is this one do I have to answer or will you see? Cut it out. Just answer the

question. The victim, Frankie Como. We've been keeping a tail on him.

When he went in for dinner, I walked down the street to grab a cup of coffee.

if you'd been on top of your man, you'd have seen this go down.

I'm not babysitting Como.

I just want to know where he is.

Was.

Lady friend hooker.

She sandbagged a lot of my buddies.

Some of them even lost their pensions.

Two of them lost their pensions, and they deserved it. Cops like that give us

all a black eye.

She's a piranha, man.

She'll chew up every one of us if it'll sell newspapers.

Neither one of us is very popular here. But you have to be here, and I don't

deserve it. You got it. Jim, why don't you do me a favor?

Jim, take her home for me, will you? Oh, I can't go home. I've got a story to

write. Write it at home.

Well, thanks, Hooker. I get to show up for the Queen of the Muckrakers, huh? Do

me a favor, will you? And save the political dialogue for later. Okay, you

it. One favor coming up.

I just got a call from Sergeant Lansing in intelligence.

He says that your name's on everyone's lips over there and what they're saying

isn't very nice. Six and stones.

Maybe he's got a point.

Lisa Jericho came down on the intelligence division and now the entire

department is taking the heat. What's this got to do with my personal life?

That's something I shouldn't have to tell you, Hooker.

You've been teaching recruits for years that the officers in this department

should stand together. Shoulder to shoulder.

But not against a woman who's being attacked for telling the truth.

The APV turned up stolen, probably a shooter used.

Cliff Lansing said it stacks up as a syndicate hit. Frank Como was loan

-sharking mob money to influential people who could make trouble when he

to collect.

Could be. Also could be that Lansing's mistaken.

How about getting off Lansing's back?

He was my partner for six months, Hooker, before he joined intelligence.

He's a first -class cop and a first -class guy.

Lisa Jericho's blown the whistle on some heavyweights that could have put a

contract out on her. That makes me think twice about her being at Como's table

when they went down.

I can't shake the feeling that it's more than coincidence. That may well be.

But you know what I think? Take it easy, Jim. I know what you think. You're

backing Lance? No, I think you have tunnel vision where that lady's

Come on, partner.

Ran into Ralph Jenkins.

He was crying about Lisa Jericho.

Says she was preparing a smear job on him.

The lady gets around.

He's terrified that the people who control him will have him eliminated if

Jericho's story on him breaks.

He mentioned that he's having lunch with the lady tomorrow.

Head her off or buy her off.

Good luck to him.

I don't think you're paying any attention to me.

I said Ralph Jenkins is having lunch with Lisa Jericho tomorrow.

That seems to me to suggest another opportunity.

So we could use Jenkins like we tried to use Como as a screen for getting rid of

Miss Jericho.

But this time it has to work.

I got Parker and Tyson sitting here. She can't disappear.

Any chance Jenkins let drop where they'll have lunch? I can find out for

Now...

Here's a confidential summary of the building materials delivered to my

children's hospital site.

What about it?

I know I agreed to use cheaper materials than we contracted for, but some of

this stuff is bordering on substandard.

Don't get precious on me, Mundy. Without my connections, you'd be in bankruptcy.

You wanted me to get you healthy? I'm getting you healthy.

I have a reputation as a fine builder.

You couldn't support it.

You begged for what I could bring you, under -the -table labor, material

contracts. Well, you got it.

And we're in this together, all the way.

The more I think about it, the more I think that hit was for you.

You've got enemies out there.

Plenty of them. Not as many as Como and not the same kind.

When you went over to his table, I saw him say something to you.

About the champagne, he said he didn't... If he didn't send it, who did?

Well, maybe someone who wanted you over there at that table so that they could

take you out and make it look like you walked into a hit on Como.

You're scaring me, Hooker.

It's intended.

I want you to be careful.

I mean really careful.

I'm talking careful.

I'm serious.

Okay, I promise.

Right now what I need is a bodyguard for lunch.

Any offers?

Yeah. I'll send up a sandwich.

And champagne.

No, I gotta talk to Armando about the champagne.

Goodbye.

Pop sticks pretty close to her not as close as we're going to

Someone

went

to a lot of trouble to make Lisa think that note in the champagne came from

Your theory that her being at a table wasn't a coincidence is starting to look

good This is one time I wish I'd been on the wrong track.

So supposing Como's girlfriend can tell us who he was meeting for dinner, what

does that give us?

Como's no -show guest could be the shooter, could be an accomplice.

You said Como's girlfriend was a fashion model?

Mm -hmm.

Her name is Linda Wagner.

She's doing a bikini layout today.

Sounds like something I should handle alone.

Well, that's very kind of you, Junior.

But I never lay the tough jobs off on my part.

All right, sweetie. Yes, beautiful. I love what you're doing with your hair.

Nice. I like the color of this. It's beautiful.

Okay, now we're on the beach. Having fun. Moisten your lips for me.

That's it.

Great. Oh, I love it.

Yes. Beautiful.

Oh, good.

All right.

Okay, give me three quarters.

Nice. Great.

That's it. Yeah, this is the kind of lead I like to run down.

I know, preferably alone.

Send it, Wagner.

Save your film, Andre. I have a date with a cop.

Sergeant Hooker, my agent told me you were coming, but I don't know anything

about Frank's death.

Just want to ask you a few questions.

My partner, Vince Romano.

Sorry to bother you so soon after the shooting.

Yeah, well, when you live with a guy like Frank, you figure it's just a

of time.

Frank Como's reservation at the restaurant was for two.

The other person didn't show.

Do you know who it was?

Frank didn't say, and I knew better than to ask. He mentioned why he chose that

particular restaurant?

He didn't.

The guy he was meeting chose it. Then whoever it was must have made the

reservation. Yes.

He told Frank that he liked to sit at a special table.

Darling girl, I am in desperate trouble. Will you please get back on the set?

Andre, will you please bug off?

I'll be there in a minute.

We don't have any more questions for you. Thank you very much.

Whatever Frank did, he was good to me.

The world's full of pretty girls, Sargent.

And if Frank hadn't opened the right doors, I'd, uh, just be one of the

Now, they're the girl who tells it like it is. Yeah, and to sort it out, she

told us what I didn't want to hear.

Somebody set up Frank Como.

That's a way of taking out Lisa Jericho.

I don't know how they know, but they knew.

Point is, someone arranged for Como to be at your favorite restaurant, and that

same someone arranged for champagne to get you to Como's table. So they could

kill you, Lisa, and make it look like an accident.

Interesting, but I'd say the odds are against it.

Como played ball in a much tougher league than mine. Lisa, we've agreed

not short on enemies.

Who's at the top of the list?

Well, discounting out now crazies, I guess Ralph Jenkins would be one. The

restaurant supplier.

He's been squeezing restaurants all over town, fighting for an organized crime

ring. And your article will give him the kind of high profile his backers can't

live with.

He'd like me to believe I'm buying him a bullet.

Jenkins.

All right, he's a possible.

Who else?

One of our city's most prominent builders, Kevin Mundy.

You're going to unload on him? Like a ton of bricks.

He used to be a legitimate operator, and then he...

Got himself into a financial bind and now he's trying to bail himself out by

cutting corners on the new children's hospital.

There's one more, but you're not going to like it. Our intelligence did it.

You're right, I don't like it.

But I'll talk to Sergeant Lansing.

And Lisa, look after yourself.

I reached Ralph Jenkins on his car phone and told him you said okay on lunch

tomorrow. Good.

One question.

Shoot. Why didn't you tell Hooker you're having lunch with Jenkins?

That lunch is going to wrap the story.

I don't want anything getting in the way.

We've been waiting on you, Monday.

You guys wait outside.

I don't ever want those guys in here again, do you understand?

Don't worry about it.

Did you find out where Jenkins is having lunch with Miss Jericho?

Top of the blazer, one o 'clock.

I'll arrange that they get a final course that's not on the menu.

Not bad, but not good enough.

What's with Hooker?

He's having an anxiety attack over Luther Jericho.

I just talked to Lansing. He said you really did a number on him.

What's your point?

I still think you've forgotten what team you're on. Look, Jim.

Lisa Jericho is somebody we need.

And whether she's rubbed Lansing the wrong way, or the police intelligence

division, or Captain Sheridan, or the whole damn department, it really doesn't

matter.

See, I think she's lighting candles in the darkness so the dirt can be cleaned

up.

And that's an important service.

Yeah, I guess you're right.

Maybe I just needed to be reminded.

I understand what you're saying, but it sure doesn't go down easy.

Can't argue with that.

Neither the sitting here, knowing that she's a target, and not having any way

protect her.

She catches a bullet, Jim.

Is there anything I can do?

Well, one of the people she's gunning for, who may be gunning for her, is

Jenkins.

Stacy and I check him out first thing in the morning.

And while you're doing that, Romano and I will zero in on another candidate,

Kevin Monday.

Yeah, the 15 will do fine.

If there's a violation, Sergeant, my teamster coordinator will handle it.

not here because of trucks or traffic, Mr. Monday.

I'm here to talk to you about Lisa Jericho.

Well, you want the Sun Telegraph building. You missed the sign.

This is the new children's hospital.

That's funny.

Lisa Jericho's writing an article about you, and you know it.

I don't see what business that is of yours.

You heard about the killing of Frank Como the night before last?

We have good reason to believe the rifle shots fired were meant for Lisa

Jericho. Well, I still see... What that has to do with you?

You stand to lose from the pages coming out of Lisa Jericho's typewriter.

That's motive.

To silence the lady.

I would watch my word, Sergeant.

Very carefully.

I am.

And I'm cautioning you to stick to your trade.

Soil around here has remnants of clay.

Slick. Could be expansive.

I didn't know they allowed you to put a standard foundation on this kind of

soil. You're into everything, aren't you, Sergeant?

You can build on any surface, depending on a variety of technical factors.

As you're so concerned, soil engineering and geological reports are open for

inspection at the city building department.

I might just give them a look Monday.

Safety is my business.

public and personal.

Anything on Jenkins?

Yeah. We let him know if anything happened to Lisa, we'd come looking for

He's uptight about more than Lisa. Something even more threatening is on

case. That was our reading.

The syndicate heavies he works for?

You can bet on it.

When Lisa's story breaks, he becomes instantly expendable.

Perfect reason for him to do her in.

Well, if that's what he had in mind, why did he volunteer that he was meeting

her for lunch?

What?

Where? On top of the plaza. Why, you don't think he'd try anything, do you?

Not if he's making announcements about lunch dates.

But we may not be the only ones who know about lunch. You're saying there could

be a replay of the Como hit?

And this time with Jenkins as the cover victim.

Let's go.

Okay, I'll take care of it.

Jenkins?

Yeah, she's here. Hold on.

Ms. Jericho!

It's your office.

Here on the phone.

There's Lisa near the Mercedes.

I don't like what I'm seeing near that tattoo joint.

That's Marty Tyson.

I sent him up for ours.

He's an explosive sex.

Close. Hooker, understatement. Stay here.

Eli?

I needed you alive.

You were right, Hooker.

Lisa's the target.

The question is, how many times can you be there at the right moment?

It's a big question.

And I don't like to think about the answer.

What does it take to convince you that you're the mark, that you're the one

someone's trying to kill? Yeah, you're right. What am I supposed to do about

Hooker? We have talked about this.

The way our jobs are similar, the way we both feel about what we do, I can't run

every time somebody threatens me any more than you can. Don't run, but at

let me put a shield around you. Okay, okay. I'll tell you what I'm going to

You see if you can get me protection, and I'll go along with it. I promise.

Great. And while I'm making the arrangements, I want... I have things to

Lisa. I'll see you later.

Lisa!

Hooker!

I just got the news.

I see you're all right. Yes.

Miss Jericho.

Is she okay?

No, she's impossible.

She won't stay still. She came in, made a statement, and ran out.

Hooker, I just got a call from Lansing. He's decided you're right about Miss

Jericho being the target.

So have I.

Too many coincidences.

Now, what can I do to help?

Well, the guy I took down, the one who planted the bomb, Tyson.

Ask Lansing if his troops can find out who Tyson was working for lately.

Well, consider it done. I'll have him get out the net with as many of his men

as he can. Great.

And one more thing.

Can you assign 24 -hour surveillance to Mr. Jericho?

Now, that's a legitimate request, Hooker. But we simply don't have enough

evidence to present it to the deputy chief.

It won't wash.

I wish I could tell you different.

So do I.

The allegations I've summarized on that page will form the spine of my article.

You're a pot -shotter, Mr. Jericho.

What you have here are isolated situations and particulars that fall far

of representing the complexity of the task of a project as large as this one.

Mr. Mundy, we both know that your entire organization has been directed to turn

a deaf ear to my inquiries. Now, if the situations in particular stated here...

Are isolated.

You have no one to blame but yourself.

The purpose of my coming here is to give you one more opportunity to state your

case before I turn in my copy.

When is the magic moment?

Tomorrow evening.

Unless you want to sit down with me and refute these points one by one.

Lady, I'm putting you and your publisher on notice.

I'll do my refuting in court.

You've made your choice.

German, Monday.

This Jericho woman has to be stopped before tomorrow night.

I don't care how you stop her, just do it.

The captain's really uptight about not being able to give Leif the protection.

Take it from one who's heard it from his own lips, loud and clear.

Something's got to be done to cover her.

What about us, Hooker? We could take turns watching her during her off hours.

Wouldn't be around the clock, but it'd be better than nothing. We got yourself

deal. We'll work out a schedule beforehand to watch.

Okay.

Glad I caught you. I just got some feedback on Marty Tyson.

He recently worked for a man by the name of Brad Thurman.

An elected officer at one of the building trade associations.

Here, I got a location on him.

I owe you one.

Call it even.

I didn't give your lady a fair shake from the top.

Official, building trade association, and a two -bit hood.

Why would they be holding hands?

You can't ask Tyson.

Mr. Thurman, your office said you'd be here.

I'm Sergeant Hooker. This is Officer Romano.

We'd like to talk to you about Marty Tyson.

I understand he worked for you. He did.

We had to let him go. He's a hothead.

From what I read in the papers, he tried to kill somebody. You people put him

away. We figured he hired out as a contract killer. Any idea who he signed

with? I couldn't tell you, Sergeant. That kind of employer doesn't call for

references. Mr. Thurman, talking about that.

What led you to hire a man of Tyson's background?

The men I represent are a tough breed. They don't always appreciate what you're

trying to do for them.

It's good to have some muscle around.

But like I said, Tyson had too quick a flashpoint for his good or mine.

Thanks for your time.

Sure thing.

Need some building supplies?

Need some answers.

Workers who belong to Thurman's Association are skilled craftsmen.

They don't work in supply yards like this.

I want to find out what Thurman was doing here.

What are you doing here?

We've tied tight into a buildings trades official named Thurman. And something

very interesting, Thurman is buying drywall by the truckload from a

supply company for Kevin Monday's construction project.

Monday's landing gets dirtier and dirtier.

All the presses.

You do that. I'll hold on to you. I want you in a safe place until we know where

all this leads.

Don't put hooker me. I told you I don't want any argument.

At this rate, I'm going to need a blood transfusion. Must be a bad blade.

That's what I thought last night when I used it on my legs.

Your legs?

Well, at least it wasn't a good con.

How are you with the halfway?

Same as I am in a gourmet kitchen.

A disaster.

Except when it comes to making coffee.

I can brew Sardis, and you'll think you're drinking fresh ground Kenya

Can I ask for more?

Not if he knows what's good for him.

One cup of Cafe Jericho, coming up.

Hi.

Hi.

I'm Claudia.

Is Hooker here?

He's shaving.

Oh, no.

I borrowed his razor yesterday to shave my legs, and I didn't change the blade.

Really?

How are you with a hot plate?

Claudia, this is Lisa Jericho. I told you about her. Oh, sure.

Oh, I love your writing, Miss Jericho.

It's dramatic, but economic.

And your humor has the flavor of Samuel Clemens.

Thanks.

Well, here's your robe, Hooker. Put it on the box.

Oh, the other box.

Bye now.

Bye, sweetheart.

We were at the pool.

She had goosebumps.

Oh, goosebumps.

She looked like she'd freeze to death.

Before she got home.

Where is her home? Next door.

You can explain it to me tonight, Hooker. And you better have a good

You do it at the city engineer's office in 40 minutes. Yeah.

If he can help me make the Brad Thurman, Kevin Mundy connection, you'll be

pounding on an exclusive.

on your own would -be murders for the morning edition.

Lisa Jericho?

Oh, she's not here right now. May I ask who's calling, please?

I have information of police intelligence bugging the mayor's office.

Um, can I have your name and number, and I'll have Miss Jericho call you right

back. I can't do that. I can't talk now.

I'm afraid I can't. Tell her, if she wants this story, to be in the phone

at the corner of Brighton and 7th Street in 45 minutes.

Any way you slice it, the city engineer's office can't move fast enough

us. They have to investigate Thurman and Mundy very, very carefully.

Or they'll get wise and cover their tracks.

Why don't we stop?

If you call Lisa, you'll feel better.

Contact Academy Precinct Operator for a message from Lisa Jericho, phone

station. There you go.

You don't call her, she calls you. What is this, ESP?

4 -Item -30, roger.

Mrs. Hooker.

When'd she leave?

What's going on?

Lisa's secretary.

Lisa told her to let me know that she's going to meet somebody about a hot story

on police intelligence.

You get a name?

All she knows is some sort of deep -throated foreman.

Thank you.

Miss Jericho, Mr. Money would like a word with you. Well, then tell him to

playing games.

They're seven feet. Take a left. Right's one block up.

They set her up.

And they got her. I'll put out a bill.

Hold on a second.

What do they got?

Clay.

Like at Kevin Mundy's construction site.

Maybe that's where they've taken her.

I'll call Corrigan and Stacy for backup and have them meet us there.

4 -Atom -16, 4 -Atom -30, request backup at construction site for new children's

hospital on Hill Street.

Handle code 3.

4 -Atom -16, rolling backup to 30.

Look, Mundy, I'm not about to make a deal with you.

I know that.

Would have been easier.

One has to do what one has to do.

Forget it, Miss Jericho.

There's nobody to run to.

Nobody to call.

I wish it hadn't come to this.

But you pushed me to the wall.

I'm not going to watch my family, my life, go down the drain so you can write

headline. Think, Mundy.

If something happens to me on this construction site, the police are going

know it's you.

If they find your body.

Now, you wanted this.

know more about my operation.

Now you can be a part of it.

The public you serve so well will be parading past you for the next hundred

years.

Yeah.

All right, Monday.

You're through. Give it up.

You know, I've been going over my research on your intelligence division.

And I think I may have shortchanged them by not fully telling their side of the

issue.

So, I've decided to do a follow -up.

That, if you'll excuse the expression, is good news.

Is there any reason why you wanted to have dinner here?

They say when you fall off a horse... Yeah, but a horse doesn't try and blow

up and shoot you and bury you in ten feet of cement.

You've got to be more careful, lady. Okay, I'm not about to start tiptoeing

around controversial stories.

Nobody's as in love to tiptoe around controversial stories. I'm just telling

to be more aware of the situation.

People could be dangerous. Why?

I have my own personal police escort, don't I?

That's a leading question.

Why don't we discuss it at length?

After dessert.

Your place or mine?

Claudia doesn't have a key to mine.